10 Great Horror Movies Made By Non-Horror Directors
8. A Tale Of Two Sisters - Kim Wee-Joon
The most successful type of film made in Korea is the Korean Crime Thriller. This genre made waves in the western world due to the impact of OldBoy when it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in the early 2000s. Park Chan-Wook’s film revolutionised cinema for both western and Korean audiences with many directors coming afterwards to prove that Korean cinema deserves a place in cinema.
One of these great directors was Kim Wee-Joon, a filmmaker whose accolades include The Good, The Bad And The Weird, I Saw The Devil, and A Bittersweet Life. However, before all of these movies, he made a horror film that cemented his name in the genre: A Tale Of Two Sisters. Based upon an ancient folk tale, Wee-Joon’s psychological nightmare masterpiece tells the story of two sisters who are sent to stay with their dad and his overbearing wife in a house that is haunted by a vengeful spirit.
A Tale Of Two Sisters was absolutely beloved by audiences. It is still the highest grossing Korean horror film ever made and it was the first Korean horror film to be screened in American theatres. It won numerous awards and is still treasured fans around the world. Plus it was also the first Korean horror film to be remade, but The Guard Brothers’ Univited is nowhere near as powerful as Kim Wee-Joon's original.